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More Chinese tourists expected as China flights resume in Laoag airport

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Grace Alba, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/regions/11/02/laoag-airport.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Chinese tourists arrive at the Laoag International Airport as direct flight from Guangzhou, China to Laoag City resumes. <em>Grace Alba, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>LAOAG CITY - An average of 300 Chinese tourists are expected to visit the Ilocos Region and other parts of the country every week as chartered flights from Guangzhou, China to Laoag City resumed at the Laoag International Airport (LIA) Tuesday morning.</p><p>More than 100 tourists from China aboard China Eastern Airlines arrived at LIA during the reopening.</p><p>They were warmly welcomed by young Ilocano dancers and drummers headed by Vera Cheung, the assistant to the chairman of the international marketing office of Fort Ilocandia Resort Hotel in Laoag City.</p><p>Cheung said after President Rodrigo Duterte expressed strong bond with China, more Chinese tourists were encouraged to visit the Philippines.</p><p>According to Cheung, the Guangzhou-Laoag chartered flights were halted for three months after Fort Ilocandia Resort Hotel&#x27;s contract with China Eastern Airlines ended.</p><p>Another reason was due to bad weather from August to October, according to Cheung.</p><p>China Eastern Airlines will fly directly from Guangzhou to Laoag, and vice versa, every Tuesday and Saturday.</p>

<p>An average of 300 Chinese tourists are expected to visit the Ilocos Region and other parts of the country every week as chartered flights from Guangzhou, China to Laoag City have finally resumed at the Laoag International Airport ( LIA) Tuesday morning.</p>

An average of 300 Chinese tourists are expected to visit the Ilocos Region and other parts of the country every week as chartered flights from Guangzhou, China to Laoag City have finally resumed at the Laoag International Airport ( LIA) Tuesday morning.

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More Chinese tourists expected as China flights resume in Laoag airport

Grace Alba,

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Published Nov 03, 2016 12:44 AM PHT

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